United States Drug Enforcement Administration

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Richard Duane Johns, 49, of Little Rock pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone without an effective prescription. John, a former doctor, was responsible for illegally distributing at least 39,000 pills, with a street value of more than $1,000,000. Johns pleaded guilty Thursday before a Chief...

MOBILE, Ala. - A jury has convicted defendants Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch of numerous felonies following a seven-week trial, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown. Ruan and Couch jointly owned and operated two pain management clinics under the name Physicians...

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and New Jersey State Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced the indictment of a doctor from Passaic County for selling prescriptions of Oxycodone to patients, including those he knew to be...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against the highest ranking leaders of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO), adding four new defendants and additional murder-related charges. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District of Texas...

MAR 02 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Bernardo Roman-Rolan, also known as “Benny,” 41, of North Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford, Connecticut to 68 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a California man was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - One man and two women, all of South Texas, have been ordered to federal prison following their guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The sentencing was announced by Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Law enforcement officials announced today that six people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a drug conspiracy that resulted in the seizure of 17 kilograms of cocaine and more than $500,000 in cash. Named in the seven-count indictment are: Marty V. McCaulley, 42, of...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Law enforcement officials announced today that a Cleveland man was indicted in federal court on charges that he sold heroin that caused at least two overdoses in Wooster, Ohio. Demetrius L. Frizzell, 30, was indicted on six counts: two counts of distribution of heroin, one count of...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On February 7 Barry Moore, 40, of Greeneville, Tennessee was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 210 months in federal prison following a conviction for his leadership role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine base “crack” in...